The consortium hoping to build a windfarm development near Donald Trump's new golf course in Aberdeenshire want to increase the height of the 11 turbines by 3.5 metres.

The new proposals would take the height of the turbines to 198.5 metres, and includes a further proposal made to increase the blade radius by up to 11 metres.

Aberdeenshire councillors cleared the £230 million windfarm planning proposal in January for submission to Marine Scotland.

A planning application for the windfarm was submitted to Marine Scotland - which manages Scotland's seas – in August 2011 for the development just over a mile away from Trump's golf resort on the Menie Estate.

The consortium, made up of Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group, submitted plans for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), which would be situated in Aberdeen Bay.

It plans to erect 11 next generation turbines - scaled back from 33 in earlier plans - which it says will create employment in the area and attract scientists, researchers, engineers and offshore wind supply chain companies.

Mr Trump has argued the proposed development would be in clear view of the Trump International Golf Links, which officially opened last month.

Trump has suspended work on developing houses and a hotel in the £750 million golf resort development - part of which which falls within First Minister Alex Salmond's Gordon constituency boundary - until a decision has been made on the offshore wind farm proposal.

The overall plan for the golf resort development on the Menie Estate includes 500 private homes, 950 holiday homes, 36 golf villas and two 18-hole golf courses.

Conservation bodies had strongly opposed Trump's golf course, part of which was built on a designated site of special scientific interest (SSSI) - one of the top five dune habitats in the UK.

However Scottish ministers gave the development proposal the go-ahead in 2008 on the grounds the economic benefits outweighed the environmental impact of his development.

In a statement in response to the Vattenfall consortium's plans to increase the size of the 11 wind turbines it proposes for the site, Trump said: “Our position has not changed and we intend to fight this application and defeat these horrendous proposals that will ultimately destroy Scotland.”

The final say on the plans will be decided by Marine Scotland, who will report to Scottish ministers later in the year.

A Scottish government spokesperson said: “Every application is considered on its merits, giving due consideration to the views of stakeholders, consultees and members of the public.”